Wilson Audio Haters

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LOL. I didn't comment when Doug brought up religion and Darwin and then he immediately proceeded to denigrate me for responding on the very topic of digression he raised. I think he had a bad day. I have those too.

Thought this was as good a place as any to post this...lol
My experience with Wilson
Last week I bought a used pair of Wilson Witt mk1 ( yes the cheapest Wilsons you can get, gotta start somewhere!)
After spending about 60 minutes or so working on placement, although they ended up very close to previous Focal 826v placement, I sat down for some critical listening impressions.
4 hours later I was still there, with the grin getting wider possibly in direct relation to the increasing volume I was trying.
Definitely my ears gave up before the Wilsons did!
Very very solid powerful controlled bass, great soundstage and vocals.
BUT......they definitely do not suffer poor source material to wit....
Was playing Tidal and 2 albums back to back exemplified this point.
1/ remastered version of Crime of the Century by Supertramp.... absolutely in heaven, the piano on the title track was just ethereal in nature and i could find no fault with any song on the album or its replay.
2/ Pollinator by Blondie....oh good lord, WHOEVER mixed this new album should have been taken out and shot! What I would describe as disco bass, overblown boom, boom, boom blah! And as for the higher registers? I thought the tweeters had blown! cymbals were just all tizzy and splashy, truly awful, could only manage a coupel of tracks before had to turn that off.

Quality electronics and quality source paired with Wilsons and you should be in heaven.
Anything less and they will ruthlessly annihilate your music!

Quads Rebuilt or purchased by Electrostatic Solution's With a Martin Login Depth I and your done with the Chase at a real fair price. 

Hmmmm....  A few thoughts reading this thread. 
First, bo1972 sounds like a world class weenie. 
Second, Wilson has no obsession with cloth domes and paper cone. They've used plenty of Focal W cones and various aluminum and titanium domes. 
Third, I don't particularly care for B&W midrange. I think they sound sterile.
Forth, AMT's are nice transducers, especially the big dipoles, but they have their unique placement and implementation challenges you either like or don't. I think they're harder to do right than other drivers. 
And fifth, I don't take a typical amateur listener's opinion very seriously. I begin to take a listener's opinion seriously when they've produced an extensive body of opinions, including products I'm familiar with, that gives me a tangible feel for what their experiencing. I've seen too many pictures of people's listening rooms to believe an amateur's opinion means anything. I can take all my room treatments down and stuff my Focals against the wall and they will sound shallow and harsh. I can place them along another wall and they will sound shouty and lack any bass. I'm not convinced too many put enough consideration towards placement and treatment to make their opinions worth a whole lot. 

Kosst_amojan - I couldn’t agree more. The room is one of the biggest challenges in audio. It’s hard enough assembling a system that plays well together. But getting the placement and room acoustics right is like naked blindfolded voodoo. And not in the good way I know you all first pictured.
Experimentation and research definitely pay dividends!